stem cells

UCI-led team discovers signaling molecule that potently stimulates hair growth

SCUBE3 identified as possible therapeutic treatment for androgenetic alopecia

June 30, 2022

Jesse Colin Jackson presented his installation Marching Cubes Final Countdown in the Experimental Media Performance Lab in Feb. 2022. He invited visitors to help assemble a series of sculptures based on Henry Moore’s monumental forms.

The art of inquiry

Claire Trevor School of the Arts puts research center stage

May 23, 2022

Vanessa Scarfone (left), flow & mass cytometry core manager at the Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center, and research associate Pauline Nguyen analyze data from the first Helios experiment.

Novel instrument could transform research at UCI

Mass cytometer expands cell profiling capabilities of scientists across campus

January 18, 2022

$5.5 million CIRM grant to fund development of new cervical spinal cord injury therapeutic

Aileen Anderson, director of UCI’s Sue & Bill Gross Stem Cell Research Center and professor of physical medicine & rehabilitation, has been awarded a 30-month, $5.5 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine. The funds will be used in the development of a new human neural stem cell therapeutic for treating chronic cervical […]

November 30, 2021

UCI receives 5-year, $5 million CIRM award for training of diverse researchers

Program will prepare leaders in stem cell biology, gene therapy and regenerative medicine

September 23, 2021

Jonathan Lakey (right), UCI professor of surgery and biomedical engineering, and Reza Mohammadi, who earned a doctorate in materials science and engineering at UCI

UCI-led team develops transplant biomaterial that doesn’t trigger immune response

Based on stem cell technology, platform can offer long-term treatment for Type 1 diabetes

June 03, 2021

UCI commentary expands understanding of how transplanted stem cells address disease

UCI scholars Zachary W. Wagoner, a graduate student researcher in cellular & molecular biosciences, and Weian Zhao, professor of pharmaceutical sciences, have identified a new mechanism by which transplanted stem cells treat disease. Their findings are contrary to the long-standing conventional wisdom that diseased tissue is repaired through stem cells differentiating into new cells or […]

May 17, 2021